ISAA Movie Night

What : ISAA Movie Night

Mehman-e Maman (Persian: مهمان مامان, English: Mother's Guest)

Mehman-e Maman is an Iranian family comedy film directed by Dariush Mehrjui.

It is based on a book of the same name by Iranian author, Houshang Moradi Kermani. It was commissioned by Sima Film. It did very well at the Iranian box office and won a number of prizes at the 22nd Fajr Film Festival.

Plot :

The movie begins when Mrs. Effat (Golab Adineh), a mother of two, receives word that her nephew and his wife are going to be visiting. Despite not being wealthy, Mr. Effat tries to prepare a respectable dinner party with the help of her cinema loving husband, Mr. Effat (Hassan Pourshirazi) and her two children. Amir and Bahareh. Meanwhile the Effat's drug addict neighbor, Yusuf (Parsa Pirouzfar) is desperate for some drugs after his wife has flushed his stash down the toilet. The eccentric old lady (Farideh Sepah-Mansour) who takes care of her chickens is also not making things much easier...

When: Thursday, May 1st @ 8PM
Where: 185 Barrows, UC Berkeley Campus

This event is free and open to the public.

ASUC Sponsored.

Wheelchair Accessible

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